ГоБиблиотека: Турниры/Европа/Фудзицу/2001

IX European Fujitsu Finals 2001

EGCC, Amstelveen, 29.11-02.12.2001

Country Str. 1st round 2nd round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Winner Russia 6d Viktor Bogdanov Bogdanov Czech 6d Radek Nechanicky B+2.5 Guo Netherland 7d Guo Juan Guo W+R Guo Russia 6d Andrej Kulkov Kulkov B+R Heiser 5d Nikola Jevtic Heiser W+R Romania 6d Laurent Heiser 0:1 van Zeist Czech 6d Vladimir Danek Nijhuis B+5.5 Netherland 6d Emil Nijhuis W+7.5 van Zeist Netherland 7d Rob van Zeist van Zeist B+14.5 van Zeist Romania 6d Ion Florescu Florescu W+0.5 Pop Romania 6d Cristian Pop  Pop W+T Netherland 5d Rudi Verhagen 1:0 van Zeist Netherland 6d Geert Groenen Shikshina W+ Russia 5d Svetlana Shikshina W+ Shikshina Romania 5p Catalin Taranu Taranu B+R Shikshina United Kingdom 6d Matthew Macfadyen Macfadyen B+R Macfadyen Germany 6d Franz-Josef Dickhut Dickhut W+ Hungary 5d Bela Nagy W+T Dinerchtein Netherland 6d Frank Janssen Pocsai W+6.5 Hungary 6d Tibor Pocsai W+ Dinerchtein Russia 6d Alexandre Dinerchtein Dinerchtein B+6.5 Dinerchtein Germany 6d Christoph Gerlach Gerlach W+R Lazarev Hungary 5d Diana Koszegi Lazarev B+6.5 Russia 6d Alexej Lazarev W+

Svetlana Shikshina

The surprise of the Fujitsu Finals of 2001 was Svetlana Shikshina, 6 dan, insei in Korea. She beat Geert Groenen, 6 dan, in the first round, by playing a better endgame. But without doubt the really big surprise came in the next round: She won her game against the seeded Catalin Taranu, 5 dan pro. She got a lot of thickness in the center and used that in an attack on some weak stones. He managed to set them free and to make them an opposing threat, but later he missed the right play to connect his stones definitely. Svetlana was in superb shape and showed in the quarter final “some interesting plays”, in the words of her opponent Matthew Mac Fadyen?. Although he had some influence, his attacking style was no use in this game. In the semi-final Svetlana met her fellow insei in Korea, Alexandre Dinerchtein. Finally in this game of big territories she lost with five and a half points. But this was by no means a blow to her happiness to come this far at the European Top of Go.

Rob van Zeist

Rob van Zeijst made a big mistake in his first game against Emil Nijhuis. He should have lost this game according his own saying. But in byo-yomi Robs fighting skills where getting on Emils nerves and now he began to make mistakes. In the end Rob won the game with a big margin. It wasn't easy for Rob, also against Cristian Pop in the quarter final. He won a tense game with the smallest possible margin. In the semi-final he met Guo Juan. She reached this semi-final relatively easy, compared to Robs way. Maybe this was Robs advantage, as both need to grow in a tournament like this. During their game both thought being in the lead. Afterwarts Guo Juan concluded that she made a mistake in positional judgement. So, Rob managed to reach the final in which he had to battle with Alexandr Dinerchtein. During life-analysis Kazuko Shoji, Guo Juan, Shigeko Hane and Kishiko Shimizu-van der Steen indicated that Rob, playing white, was in the lead after the opening. After the game Rob said to believe it was the other way around. Anyway he did win the final.